I. THE CHEMISTRY OF LIFE. 2. The Chemical Context of Life. 3. Water and the Fitness of the Environment. 4. Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life. 5. The Structure and Function of Macromolecules. 6. An Introduction to Metabolism.

III. GENETICS. 13. Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles. 14. Mendel and the Gene Idea. 15. The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance. 16. The Molecular Basis of Inheritance. 17. From Gene to Protein. 18. Microbial Models: The Genetics of Viruses and Bacteria. 19. The Organization and Control of Eukaryotic Genomes. 20. DNA Technology and Genomics. 21. The Genetic Basis of Development.

IV. MECHANISMS OF EVOLUTION. 22. Descent with Modification: A Darwinian View of Life. 23. The Evolution of Populations. 24. The Origin of Species. 25. Phylogeny and Systematics.

V. THE EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY. 26. Early Earth and the Origin of Life. 27. Prokaryotes and the Origins of Metabolic Diversity. 28. The Origins of Eukaryotic Diversity. 29. Plant Diversity I: How Plants Colonized Land. 30. Plant Diversity II: The Evolution of Seed Plants. 31. Fungi. 32. Introduction to Animal Evolution. 33. Invertebrates. 34. Vertebrate Evolution and Diversity.

I. THE CHEMISTRY OF LIFE. 2. The Chemical Context of Life. 3. Water and the Fitness of the Environment. 4. Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life. 5. The Structure and Function of Macromolecules. 6. An Introduction to Metabolism.

III. GENETICS. 13. Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles. 14. Mendel and the Gene Idea. 15. The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance. 16. The Molecular Basis of Inheritance. 17. From Gene to Protein. 18. Microbial Models: The Genetics of Viruses and Bacteria. 19. The Organization and Control of Eukaryotic Genomes. 20. DNA Technology and Genomics. 21. The Genetic Basis of Development.

IV. MECHANISMS OF EVOLUTION. 22. Descent with Modification: A Darwinian View of Life. 23. The Evolution of Populations. 24. The Origin of Species. 25. Phylogeny and Systematics.

V. THE EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY. 26. Early Earth and the Origin of Life. 27. Prokaryotes and the Origins of Metabolic Diversity. 28. The Origins of Eukaryotic Diversity. 29. Plant Diversity I: How Plants Colonized Land. 30. Plant Diversity II: The Evolution of Seed Plants. 31. Fungi. 32. Introduction to Animal Evolution. 33. Invertebrates. 34. Vertebrate Evolution and Diversity.